A/HRC/4/48 page 21 Action on Human Rights and IHL. With the Ministry of Education, the Vice-President’s Office and the Ombudsman’s Office, activities were carried out to prepare the National Human Rights Education Plan, and a pilot plan was implemented in five departments. With the Ministry of Defence, and in the framework of a cooperation agreement between that Ministry and the OHCHR Office, advisory and technical cooperation activities were carried out in support of the implementation of a series of recommendations aimed at the systematic incorporation of the human rights and IHL approach in operations by the security forces. 104. The OHCHR Office signed an advisory services and cooperation agreement with the Ministry of the Interior and the Vice-President’s Office (co-financed by the European Commission), on promoting the incorporation of the human rights approach in the development plans of approximately 20 municipalities and 10 Bogotá districts. 105. With the Attorney-General’s Office, under another project co-financed by the European Commission, progress was made in implementing the recommendations of the diagnosis of the Human Rights and IHL Unit prepared jointly by the Vice-President’s Office and the OHCHR Office, and incorporating the gender approach in the work of the Unit. Also with the Attorney-General’s Office, advisory activities were carried out in support of the Special Investigation Group’s work on links between public servants and illegal armed groups; the bill to strengthen the Victim and Witness Protection Programme; the implementation of the career system; and the incorporation of human rights and IHL contents in institutional training plans. 106. The OHCHR Office completed the project (co-financed by the European Commission) on the human rights situation of detainees and continues to provide advice on public policies in this regard. 107. Together with the Middle Magdalena Development and Peace Programme, the diocese of Barrancabermeja, the High Public Administration School and UNHCR, the OHCHR Office signed an agreement to train the mayors and councillors of 20 municipalities in the Middle Magdalena region in public policy, displacement and human rights. 108. Human rights and IHL training activities by the Office continued, and were aimed, inter alia, at the ICBF network of trainers, 30 members of the Huila Development and Peace Programme (with the support of UNDP), and 188 United Nations system staff members in Colombia. 109. Advisory, support and exchange activities with representatives of civil society and NGOs were primarily oriented towards: the protection of the work of human rights defenders, trade union members, teachers and journalists; the rights of victims to truth, justice and reparation; the National Plan of Action on Human Rights and IHL; the rights of women; discrimination, in particular discrimination motivated by race, gender and sexual orientation; and the rights of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender persons. 110. The Office has continued to support the follow-up to the London-Cartagena process, working closely with the international community, and especially the G-24, the Colombian State and civil society organizations.